Q. Whom does a little girl talk to most? Out loud?A. To...

October 18, 1986|By L.M. Boyd

Q. Whom does a little girl talk to most? Out loud?

A. To herself. Am told that tapers off in the first three years of school.

The Japanese have not been portrayed as sentimental. But their religious history suggests otherwise. In bygone years, one group or another over there has held devotional ceremonies for broken needles, sunken ships and the souls of eaten oysters. What's rarely translated is their reverence both for thoughts and things.

You know how surveys tally ''For'' and ''Against'' and ''No Opinion'' ? That ''No Opinion'' category is odd. In it, usually, are registered the responses of two sorts of people: those who know the most and those who know the least.

Q. Two electric appliances, invented in 1882, are still in use. Name them. A. The fan. The flatiron. That was the year, too, of the first electrically lighted Christmas tree. Because of these three innovations, it became known as ''The Electric Year.''

An official traffic sign now used in New York City reads: ''No Parking. No Standing. No Stopping. No Kidding.''

Q. Says here the Indian elephant is the third largest land mammal. What are the first and second?

A. 1. African elephant. 2. White rhinoceros.

Did I tell you Girl Scout cookie sellers outnumber Avon ladies by 2-to-1?